NAEB Newsletter (January 1, 1966)

VOL. 31, NO. 1 WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY, 1966 NAEBers Elect Board Members Following are the names of the new mem¬ bers of the NAEB Board of Directors as elected in December. Their terms begin January 1, 1966. Individual Member Division: Region II— Harry Durham, Director, Radio-TV, Of¬ fice of Information Services, Duke Univer¬ sity, Dunham, North Carolina. Region V— Neal Balanoff, Director of Instructional Services and Head, TV-Radio-Film Depart¬ ment, Stephens College, Columbia, Missou¬ ri. Instructional Division: Region I—James Macandrew, Director of Broadcasting, WNYE-FM-TV, New York City Board of Education (reelected). Region IV—Samuel L. Becker, Director, Division of TV-Radio- ✓"N Film, University of Iowa. Radio Division: Region III—E.. G. Bur¬ rows, Associate Director of Broadcasting and Manager, WUOM-WVGR, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (re¬ elected). Region VI—Burt Harrison, Man¬ ager, KWSC, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington. Television Division: As we go to press, a run off election is in process between Jack McBride, James Robertson, Otto F. Sch'laak, and John C. Schwarzwalder. Special Positions • The NAEB office for the Improvement of Televised Instruction project is investi¬ gating the possibility of hiring someone to work at the NAEB under the Washington Internships in Education. Generally, per¬ sons between the ages of 25 and 40, with a master’s degree minimum, and a career commitment to education are eligible. Sal¬ aries go up to $14,000. Qualified educators interested in an internship for a year or 18 months should contact NAEB-ITI. • Wayne State University has several part-time positions for master’s or Ph.D. degree candidates in mass communications. Positions are as crew chief and pay $50 a week for a year for a 20-hour work week. Region III to Meet NAEB members in Region III will meet in Chicago March 25 and 26 at the Uni¬ versity of Illinois Chicago campus. ECS Names Kessler NAEB’s Educational Communications System project has named William J. Kess¬ ler as engineering consultant. Now on leave from the University of Florida, Kessler is also project engineer for the NAEB Sa¬ moan ETV project. He is also consulting engineer for the Florida ETV Commission, ETV design engineering consultant to the State of Hawaii, and chairman of the FCC’s southern advisory committee on ITV Fixed Service (2500mc systems). Harley Child Dies Gail Harley, 12, died December 10, of a heart attack. She was the youngest child of NAEB President and Mrs. William G. Har¬ ley. She is survived by her parents and two sisters, Cynthia and Linda (Mrs. John Set¬ tle). ETV Facilities Program Actions On November 25, the USOE issued a no¬ tice approving grants for two new ETV stations: Channel 20, Wrens, Georgia, and Channel 9, North Platte, Nebraska. Respec¬ tive amounts of the federal grants are $863,891 and $219,819. The notice also announced acceptance for filing of applications for one new station and four expansions of existing stations. The new station is Channel 11, Lexington, Tennessee. Total estimated project cost: $456,676. Expansions are: WEDU, Tampa, at to¬ tal cost of $499,066; WNDT, New York, at total cost of $986,395; WGBH, Boston, at total cost of $103,301; and WHYY, Phila¬ delphia, at total cost of $869,854. Programs, Films • NASA has released thirteen half-hour radio programs on space medicine, explor¬ ing weightlessness, acceleration, radiation, psychological factors, and food. The Indiana University radio-TV service produced the programs. Address requests to: Radio and TV Branch, Code AFEE-4, National Aero¬ nautics and Space Administration, Wash¬ ington, D.C. 20546. • January 27 is the deadline for entry forms to be submitted for films and film¬ strips for the 1966 American Film Festival. Information is available from: American Film Festival, 250 West 57th Street, New York, New York. • The radio-TV division of the Episco¬ pal Church has issued a catalogue of film clips available free for use in ETV pro¬ ductions. • The International Film Bureau has the following new 16mm color films: “The Hedgerow,” 22 mins., sale $195, rental $9; “Introduction to Forest Adventuring,” 27 mins., sale $250, rental $12.50; and “Wild Highlands,” 21 mins., sale $195, rental $9. For information, write the bureau at 332 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. Announce Competitions for Awards • January 15 is the deadline for com¬ pleted entry blanks and sample programs to be mailed for the 1966 Ohio State Awards. Information: IERT, 2470 North Star Road, Columbus, Ohio 43221. • duPont Awards this year will be in five categories: station awards for television, radio, educational or other noncommercial station, and one for news, commentary and public affairs. There is an award to an in¬ dividual for news, commentary and public affairs. February 28 is the deadline for sub¬ missions. For information, write O. W. Riegel, Curator, the Alfred I. duPont Awards Foundation, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia 24450. Publications • The University of Missouri has re¬ printed Improvement of Teaching by Tele¬ vision, the report of the NAEB 1964 ITV conference. The first printing was sold out. Individual Members of the NAEB may order the 238-page hard-cover book for $3 each, from the NAEB Publications Office, 119 Gregory Hall, Urbana, Illinois 61803. Regular price is $4. • Teachers, curriculum coordinators, and administrators in the Kansas City area have printed an ITV handbook to aid classroom teachers in using televised lessons. The 30- page booklet is available at 25c each from: Professor Frank Markus, School of Educa¬ tion, University of Missouri at Kansas City. • Volume 12 of the National Compendium of Televised Education, compiled and edited 1